Bosses behaving badly

Apr 23, 2010

(PhysOrg.com) -- The formula for positive leadership may be the holy grail of management training, but there's also increasing interest in the negative flipside.

Around the world there's no shortage of political leaders behaving badly. Gordon Brown, the British prime mininster, reportedly shouts at staff while Australia's Kevin Rudd has reduced a young airline attendant to tears.

The formula of positive leadership is the holy grail of management training, but there’s increasing interest in the negative flipside - not least because there's a high price to pay when bosses behave badly.

Now researchers at the Australian School of Business are looking at the effects down the line for employees who cop it from leaders under pressure.

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